13 Top classics books like The Squire's story by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Squire's story

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

2.93

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

“The squire’s story”(1855) is a short dark ,gothic and mysterious story written by Elizabeth Gaskel…

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Cover of Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, Angeline Goreau

1. Agnes Grey

By: Anne Brontë , Angeline Goreau

3.71

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Bro… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Dakle,"

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"No one cares for the exterior."

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"But, God knows best, I concluded."

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"If you require perfection, you never will"

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

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2. Daisy Miller

By: Henry James

3.37

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

It was in Rome during the autumn of 1877; a friend then living there but settled now in a South les… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

"In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That is not the deepest thing; there is something deeper."

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

"The news that Daisy Miller was surrounded by half a dozen wonderful mustaches checked Winterbourne's impulse to go straightway to see her."

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

"The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered, was no better than a villainous miasma"

-Henry James, Daisy Miller

Cover of The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton, Regina Barreca

3. The Glimpses of the Moon

By: Edith Wharton , Regina Barreca

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Set in the 1920s, Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Сюзи Бранч по мужски относилась к данному слову..."

-Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon

"О, благословенная нравственная свобода, которую дарует богатство!"

-Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon

"...её... память не соответствовала широте её интересов. (О миссис Хикс)"

-Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon

"...жить, как живут рабочие, в двух комнатах, без прислуги... (Сюзи Бранч - Стреффорду)"

-Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon

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4. A Sicilian Romance

By: Ann Radcliffe

3.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Ann Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of t… read more

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  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
"Wisdom or accident, at length, recall us from our error, and offers to us some object capable of producing a pleasing, yet lasting effect, which effect, therefore, we call happiness. Happiness has th…"

-Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance

"As I walked over the loose fragments of stone, which lay scattered and surveyed the sublimity and grandeur of the ruins, I recurred, by a natural association of ideas, to the times when these walls s…"

-Ann Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance

Cover of Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4) by None, P.D. James

5. Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)

By: None , P.D. James

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hailed as “mystery at its best” by The New York Times, Shroud for a Nightingale is the fourth book … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"You feel sexy" Dalgliesh gave the question serious attention. "No. I'm too old to feel sexy when I'm cold and tired. At my age you need the creature comforts if you're to perform with any pleasure to…"

-None, Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)

"He didn't want her; he wanted me. Well, you know how it is." Dalgliesh did know. This, after all, was the commonest, the most banal of personal tragedies. You loved someone. They didn't love you. Wor…"

-None, Shroud for a Nightingale (Adam Dalgliesh, #4)

Cover of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

6. The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

2.50

Format: None pages,

Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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7. Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

8. The Professor

By: Charlotte Brontë

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and con… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) by Beatrix Potter

9. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

By: Beatrix Potter

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success."

-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

"Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime."

-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

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10. Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

3.87

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"I was quiet, but I was not blind."

-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

Cover of The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

11. The Blue Castle

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.94

Format: 255 pages,

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis fr… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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12. The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

By: Beatrix Potter

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, like Peter Rabbit, began life as an il… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction

13. The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

By: Beatrix Potter

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkleis an original classic by Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-winkle … read more

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14. The Beautifull Cassandra

By: Jane Austen

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen'… read more

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15. The Valley of Fear

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , David Timson

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Audio CD

The Sherlock Holmes series read in unabridged form by David Timson is widely regarded as one of the… read more

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16. Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre

By: Emma Donoghue , Elif Shafak , Susan Hill , Joanna Briscoe , Lionel Shriver , Tracy Chevalier , Sarah Hall , Tessa Hadley , Francine Prose , Evie Wyld , Helen Dunmore , Linda Grant , Esther Freud , Audrey Niffenegger , Elizabeth McCracken , Salley Vickers , Kirsty Gunn , Jane Gardam , None , Nadifa Mohamed , Namwali Serpell

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This collection of original stories by today's finest women writers--including Tracy Chevalier, Fra… read more

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17. A Room with a View

By: E.M. Forster

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

'"But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction. "You love the boy body and soul, plainly,… read more

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18. The Touchstone

By: Edith Wharton

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of basenes… read more

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19. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

By: Beatrix Potter

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The Tale of Benjamin Bunnyis an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Peter Rabbit's cousin, Benjamin… read more

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20. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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21. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

By: Susanna Clarke

1.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic i… read more

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22. The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dus… read more

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23. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Stephen Marlowe

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant and influential works in America… read more

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24. Under the Greenwood Tree

By: Thomas Hardy

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Under the Greenwood Treeis the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dew… read more

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25. Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . Independent and spirited Bathsh… read more

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Cover of The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2) by Claudia Gray

26. The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

By: Claudia Gray

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney re… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"...she said to Brandon, "If I am found out in Scotland - or if George and I decide Edinburgh is not to our taste - we might always set out for the United States of America." "You need not stoop to ba…"

-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

"...Willoughby had sequestered himself in his room. Jonathan half wondered if he had pushed heavy furniture against the door to keep himself safe, then realized this could not be so. That would keep o…"

-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

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27. The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel! Just after the S… read more

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  • fiction
"Saved by Jane Austen"

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"But one can always read Austen."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"You read too much. You read her to much."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"Reading, she now understood, had been her own choice of rebellion."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

Cover of The Cottage Fairy Companion: A Cottagecore Guide to Slow Living, Connecting to Nature, and Becoming Enchanted Again by Paola Merrill

28. The Cottage Fairy Companion: A Cottagecore Guide to Slow Living, Connecting to Nature, and Becoming Enchanted Again

By: Paola Merrill

4.32

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

The Cottage Fairy Companion is your accessible and beautiful guide to mindful living. It teaches th… read more

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"I believe that peace of mind is not only achievable but grows in abundance once we begin to nourish it. I see it as a life long journey of letting go of unnecessary burdens, again and again, casting …"

-Paola Merrill, The Cottage Fairy Companion: A Cottagecore Guide to Slow Living, Connecting to Nature, and Becoming Enchanted Again

Cover of Horatio Sparkins by Charles Dickens

29. Horatio Sparkins

By: Charles Dickens

3.34

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Horatio Sparkins is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 … read more

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  • classics
  • short stories

30. The Squire's story

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

2.93

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

“The squire’s story”(1855) is a short dark ,gothic and mysterious story written by Elizabeth Gaskel… read more

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  • mystery
  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction

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3.71

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3.37

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3.86

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3.89

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3.98

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4.08

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